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Hardback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801431326
ISBN
9780801431326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Hardback. Focusing on the luxury trade, Gilding the Market investigates Italian market towns at the moment when fashion arrived in the fourteenth century. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 color, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239003
ISBN
9780812239003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. A fascinating glimpse of real life for a London family in the early 19th century Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Pimpernel Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910258446
ISBN
9781910258446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. An entirely new account of the transformation of the imperial order after World War I, recovering the crucial role of the League of Nations in setting up international governance of colonial territories seized from the defeated powers, and showing how the actions of the League shaped the modern world of nation states. Num Pages: 592 pages, numerous black and white images and maps. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBTQ; HBTR; JPSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198743491
ISBN
9780198743491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211957
ISBN
9780520211957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.48
€ 49.27

Paperback. These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence. Editor(s): Rodgers, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; BGHA; HBAH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085473
ISBN
9780520085473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 b&w, 200 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPQ; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1186. How the U.S. Government Misled Itself and Its People into Believing They Could Survive a Nuclear Attack. 176 pages, 100 b&w, 200 colour. Lays bare the buried truths of America's family fallout shelter obsession. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPQ; JWKW; JWMN. Dimension: 264 x 235 x 24. Weight: 1186.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pointed Leaf Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982358573
ISBN
9780982358573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53
€ 48.98

Paperback. Presents a portrait of Karimpur, an Indian village, as it has changed over a sixty-year period. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, this title examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. Num Pages: 319 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, 10 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520084070
ISBN
9780520084070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. The Spaniards typically portrayed the conquest and fall of Mexico Tenochtitlan as Armageddon, while native people in colonial Mesoamerica continued to write and paint their histories and lives often without any mention of the foreigners in their midst. This title addresses key aspects of indigenous perspectives of the conquest. Editor(s): Schroeder, Susan. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194758
ISBN
9781845194758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. In the 19th century, Americans began to use maps in extraordinary new ways. Medical men mapped diseases to understand epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate to uncover weather patterns, and Northerners created slave maps to assess the power of the South. This book charts how thematic maps demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103969
ISBN
9780226103969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. This title charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 189 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226740683
ISBN
9780226740683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.31
€ 78.49

Paperback. An entertaining cultural history of the American family vacation during the height of its popularity from 1945 to 1973. Reveals the ways in which the ritual of the family road trip, for most middle-class Americans became a way of defining what it meant to be (and become) American. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617593
ISBN
9780700617593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black/white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785700798
ISBN
9781785700798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.76

Paperback. Lucrative and complex, the fur trade bound together Europeans and Native peoples of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. This title offers a look at the broad range of contracts that characterized the fur trade. It explains the working mechanisms of the fur trade and explores how and why it evolved in a North Atlantic context. Editor(s): Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 702 pages, 9 photographs, 5 maps, 14 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL9; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
702
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243293
ISBN
9780803243293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Presents a survey of the perception and reality of the use of cosmetics and perfumes under the Roman Empire. This work, a companion to "Roman Clothing and Fashion" draws on literary, non-literary, visual and archaeological evidence to show, among other things, the importance of cosmetics and perfumes for health. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBTB; TDCJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440989
ISBN
9780752440989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. In 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 54 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226579733
ISBN
9780226579733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199328338
ISBN
9780199328338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A shocking expose of the true story behind the death of the much-beloved UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBTW; JFHC; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048026
ISBN
9781849048026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, Susanna Hoe discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. Num Pages: 376 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500. Exploring Women's History in China, Hong Kong and Macau. 376 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, Susanna Hoe discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight: 500.
Publisher
Insomniac Pr
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9789627992035
ISBN
9789627992035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. Combining Stewart's letters with Susanne K George's extensive research, this book presents a candid portrait of Elinore, the illness, disappointments, and grinding hard work that lay behind her genial public persona; the family, neighbors, and correspondents who peopled her letter-stories and shared her life. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270428
ISBN
9780803270428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.76

Hardcover. A fascinating history of royal dining from medieval times to the present day, which features menus from royal celebrations, 200 rarely published illustrations and a foreword by well-known chef Heston Blumenthal. Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946139
ISBN
9781858946139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. "First published 2012"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 362 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138906105
ISBN
9781138906105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 160 colour/black& white illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBS; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 289 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1280. 208 pages, 160 colour/black& white illustrations and photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBS; WSSC. Dimension: 244 x 289 x 23. Weight: 1282.
Publisher
Dewi Lewis Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905928071
ISBN
9781905928071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280786
ISBN
9780520280786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

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